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Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Cancers — A Viable Solution to Overtreatment?
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The excellent prognosis associated with most low-risk cancers combined with the potential for avoiding treatment side effects make active surveillance a promising alternative to more intensive approaches. But achieving widespread adoption will require further work.
- Subjects :
- Male
Risk
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
MEDLINE
Breast Neoplasms
Medical Overuse
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Neoplasms
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Thyroid Neoplasms
Intensive care medicine
Watchful Waiting
business.industry
Neoplasms therapy
Prostatic Neoplasms
General Medicine
Treatment side effects
Surgery
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
business
Watchful waiting
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....071eed5775528d87863965304c6080bc